Improved device for extracting- and transporting trees



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Quant mitica J n SSE HYDE R, or SING S1ING,NF.W YORK. Letters-Patent No.85,135, (lated December 22, 1868.

IMPROVE!) DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING- AND TRANSPORTING TREES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may vcoincer/n.

Be it known that I, JESSE RYDER, of Sing Sing, in the county ofWestchester, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedDevice for Taking' up Trees; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a` cal position, and the top of there-ar end of the cart' body, orframe, placed in contact with the body ofthe tree to be raised, so thatthe team may be .-ttached to the draught-pole, and the latter made toserve the oliice of a lever in drawing out the l tree, chains or ropesbeing attached to the roots of ,the tree, so that, as the draughtpole isdrawn down ont of the ground, and made to rest upon the body or franceof the cart. A standard is fitted on the draught pole, after the tree israised, in lorder to support the front part, or the top of the same, andkeep it elevated above the backs of the team.

In the 'accompanying sheet' of drawings- Figure l isa side view of myinvention.

Figure 2, a rear view of the same.

Figure 3, a side view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding' part-H. v

A represents the frame ofthe cart, which is mounted on two Wheels, B B,and has a draught-pole, C, attached, 'with a horizontal bar, or beam, b,on their upper ends, a cushion, c, being'secured to the upper surface ofb, to prevent the tree lbeing abraded when being raised or lifted.

D D represent two chains or ropes, which are attached to the rear partof the draughtfpole, and are proadmit of' their being to be raised.

vided with hooks at their' ends to attached to the roots ofthe tree bythe team, the tree will be drawn v The draught-pole of the cart israisedto a vertical position, 'and the cart adjusted so that the cushion cwill be in contact With the body ofthe tree.

The ground is more or less excavated around the base of the tree, to asuitable depth, and more espelcially at the side of the tree opposite tothat-against which the cart is backed, so as to adnit of the chains D Dbeing fastened to the root at that side of the tree. (See iig; 1.) Theteam is then attached to the upper end ofthe draught-pole, and thelatter drawn down, and the tree drawn down, the draught-pole and flameof the cart serng as lever, and the axles of the cart serving as thefulcruin thereof. assumes a horizontal position, and the frame restsupon the latter, and when the draught-pole is fully down, a standard, E,is tted upon to Which`the front or upper part ofthe tree is lashed, inorder to keep it above and free from the backs of the team. (See iig.3.)

The tree is drawn to the planted, and adj usted in the hole designed toreceive it, by unhooking the chains D D, and raising the draughtpole.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure Patent- 1. The device for taking uptrees, consisting of the frame A, mounted upon wheels B, the axle ofwhich supports the cushioned beam'b, and receives the lever draught-poleC, to which the adjustable bar E is attached, all arranged as described,for the purpose specied. .Y

2. 'The cushion c', and adjustable bar E, in combina tion with the beamb, and lever 4O, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

rlhe above specication of my invention signed by me, this 30th daft ofApril, 1868.

by Letters JESSE RYDER.

Witnesses:

`J. ALISON FRASER, f

ALEX'. F. Runners.

The tree, as it is raised,

the draught-pole,

spot where it is to be trans-v

